Christmas at Disneyland

Christmas at Disneyland is wonderful because both parks are decorated beautifully. Plus, Disneyland and California Adventure have special fireworks, parades, and shows just for the holidays.

Shows aboard the Disney Fantasy

Have you ever seen a live show that blew you away? 

All three shows aboard the Disney Fantasy were impressive. I think they know how good they are, so they show you a marvelous show the first night. Then the next night they out do themselves. By the third show people are leaping to their feet. The audience can barely contain themselves. At times you forget your on a ship. The talent is over flowing and the sets are stunningly elaborate.

 The three Disney cruise ship shows I got to enjoy were Wishes, Aladdin, and Believe.  

Wishes - Disney Fantasy show

Wishes is about three teenagers that are about to graduate high school.  One of them is trying hard to be "grown up".  Throughout the show she  realizes she is not living in the moment, because she is so focused on the future.

Aladdin on the Disney Fantasy Cruise ship

Aladdin stays true to the original Disney movie.  They've done an       amazing job bringing this story to the stage.  The actor playing the Genie has such talent, I'm sure he could perform a one man show.  At one 

Disney Fantasy Cruise ship's live show Believe

point it rained money.  It was so cute to watch the kids scramble to getthe Aladdin dollars.

Believe was a treat to watch.  In this one a dad is to focused on work  and prestige.  The dad ignores his daughter and tells her there is not such thing as magic.  Through a long journey (compliments of the Genie) 

he comes to realize that there is magic all around him and the most magical thing of all, his daughter.  

I highly recommend all three shows. I would watch all three of them 

again. They're perfect for all ages.  There's even a splash of (clean) 

adult humor sprinkled throughout the shows. I have not seen Believe on the Disney Dream, but Kim from TravelingMom.com told me that it was a 

little different.  

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Disney World’s Yacht Club Resort

 

Yacht Club at Disney World

The Yacht Club at Disney World is in a prime location along the Boardwalk and just a short walk from Epcot. Here you will find rooms that can accommodate families of five and a 3 acre water park.

We loved staying here for multiple reasons, but the number one had to be the killer location. The Boardwalk is an awesome place to hang out and it's even more fun to stay right there. I think from now on we will always stay in one of the hotels along the Boardwalk. Our room was nice and we had plenty of room. There was nothing particularly striking about the room we stayed in.

The best part of staying at a Disney Resort is the extra magic hours at the theme parks. It's nice to only be in the parks with other Disney hotel guests. The lines are much shorter and for the most part there are no lines.

   

Yacht Club Resort – Storm Along Bay Photos

The second best part of staying at this particular resort is the pool. There's multiple pools, a lazy river, a large body slide coming off of a pirate ship, a beach, and more. You could just stay at this hotel and skip doing the theme parks if you wanted to. The pool will keep your kids busy all day.

Yacht Club Resort Room Photos

We had a regular room with two beds. Our room was nice, but I would rather have had a room with the couch. Since we did not get a room with a couch the resort provided a roll-out bed. 

 We almost had a view. I did not even think about asking for a room with a view. Next time I'll ask.

Disclosure: My room was provided by Disney while I attended a TravelingMom conference at this resort. 

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